India, Sept. 16 -- A 20-month-old female cheetah, born in India, was found dead on Monday evening at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur following a suspected encounter with a leopard, forest officials said.

If verified by the post mortem report, this would mark the first recorded cheetah death due to a leopard attack in the park, said a senior forest official who didn't wish to be named.

On Monday evening at around 06.30pm, forest officials found the carcass of one of four cubs born to Jwala, a cheetah translocated from Africa. She had been released into the wild along with her three siblings and mother Jwala on February 21, 2025.

She got separated from her mother over a month ago and had recently parted ways with her s...